Nassau-Class
First German Dreadnoughts - Germany's response to HMS Dreadnought. Unique hexagonal 12-gun layout (6 twin turrets). Reciprocating engines (not turbines). Slower than British dreadnoughts. All fought at Jutland. Scuttled at Scapa Flow 1919.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 18873 t
- Displacement (full)
- 21000 t
- Length
- 479.3 ft
- Beam
- 88.3 ft
- Crew
- 963-1008
- Ships built
- 4
- Commissioned
- 1909-1910
- Decommissioned
- 1919 (scuttled Scapa Flow)
Performance
- Top speed
- 19 kn
- Range
- 8300 nm at 12 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 12× 28cm (11-inch) SK L/45
- Secondary guns
- 12× 15cm (5.9-inch) SK L/45
- Torpedoes
- 6× 45cm submerged
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 270-300mm Krupp cemented
- Deck
- 55-80mm
- Fire control
- Manual optical rangefinders
In-Game
- Tier
- T2
- Game power
- 21.1
- Research cost
- 1,857
- Credit cost
- 14,770
Notable
- First German dreadnoughts
- All-big-gun design
- Hexagonal turret arrangement